Auburn just snapped a run of 62 fourth-quarter points by opponents thanks to a Cody Parkey field goal this Saturday.

Parkey's 39-yard field goal has cut Vanderbilt's lead to 17-13 with 9:55 left in the game.

After three quarters:

Auburn has to hope it can play better in the fourth quarter this Saturday than it has in the fourth quarter of a lot of other Saturdays this season.

Auburn trails Vandy 17-10 this Saturday going into the fourth quarter. Auburn has been outscored 62-3 in fourth quarters this season.

The fourth quarter will start with Vandy with the ball.

Vanderbilt 17, Auburn 10: Vanderbilt didn't mess around with its first drive of the second half.

Zac Stacy broke loose for a 30-yard run, then went two more for a touchdown to give the Commodores a 17-10 lead over Auburn with 7:32 left in the third quarter.

Auburn had the ball first in the half, but had to punt. Vandy didn't.

Auburn 10, Vandy 10 at the half: We're back where we started. Carey Spear kicked a 30-yard field goal on the last play of the first half to give Vanderbilt a 10-10 tie with Auburn this Saturday.

Sound familiar? Ole Miss scored late in the first half last week to tie Auburn 17-17. The Rebels went on to win 41-20.

Auburn doesn't want a repeat of that. Perhaps the Commodores will continue to help the Tigers' cause. Vandy was stopped on two fourth-down calls that Auburn eventually turned into scores. The Commodores have lost two fumbles.

Something to think about: Opponents have outscored Auburn 62-3 in the fourth quarter this season.

HALFTIME STATS

First downs

Auburn 6

Vandy 11

Rushing

Auburn 15-53 yards

Vandy 25-93

Passing

Auburn 6-7-0, 57 yards

Vandy 12-19-0, 115 yards

Total offense

Auburn 22-110

Vandy 44-208

Individual

Rushing

Auburn

Tre Mason 9-39 yards

Onterio McCalebb 4-16

Vandy

Zac Stacy 13-56 yards

Passing

Auburn

Clint Moseley 5-6-0, 46 yards

Jonathan Wallace 1-1-0 11

Vandy

Jordan Rodgers 12-18-0 115 yards

Receiving

Auburn

Emory Blake 2-35 yards

Ricardo Louis 1-11

Vandy

Chris Boyd 4-35

Auburn 10, Vanderbilt 7: Auburn stopped Vandy on a fourth-down play and then marched 52 yards for a touchdown and a 10-7 lead late in the second quarter here Saturday.

Tre Mason scored on a 1-yard run with 1:21 left in the half.

Vanderbilt converted two fourth-down plays on its scoring drive, but the last two fourth-down calls have ended poorly. Auburn stopped a fake punt, and eventually turned it into a field goal. The Tigers stopped Vandy on a fourth-and-1 run to set up the touchdown.

Vanderbilt 7, Auburn 3: Auburn stopped Vandy on a fake punt in its own territory and eventually turned that miscalculation into points in the second quarter this Saturday.

It's now Vanderbilt 7, Auburn 3 with 8:10 left in the second quarter. A 27-yard Cody Parkey narrowed the gap.

Auburn just missed a touchdown on the play before, but Clint Moseley's pass to an open Emory Blake was thrown just behind him.

Wildcat quarterback Jonathan Wallace attempted -- and completed -- his first pass of the season. It was an 11-yard gain to Ricardo Louis.

End of first quarter:

Vanderbilt controlled the clock, but a fumble late in the first quarter bailed out Auburn from further immediate damage in the first quarter here Saturday.

The quarter ended with Vandy leading 7-0.

The Commodores used up more than half the first quarter on its scoring drive, and was driving again until they fumbled at the Auburn 33.

Auburn ran just five plays in the first quarter. Vandy ran 23.

The Tigers will start the second quarter with a second-and-9 at their own 34.

Vanderbilt 7, Auburn 0:

Vanderbilt converted two fourth-down plays and Wesley Tate scored on a 7-yard run to give the Commodores an impressive opening drive and a 7-0 lead over Auburn this Saturday.

The 75-yard drive ate up more than half the first quarter.

Vandy went for it on fourth-and-1 at the Auburn 29 and on fourth-and-2 at the 17.

Now, it's Auburn and Clint Moseley's turn.

Pregame: Auburn played last week without four starters, and have showed up at Vanderbilt Stadium with tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen in his warm-ups.

No uniform.

He's not playing because of an injury. Neither is starting defensive tackle Jeff Whitaker.

That's some of the new stuff this morning. We'll be updating this very story during the game, so keep checking back.

Quarterback Kiehl Frazier, who started the first five games, is here, though hurt. He didn't play last week. But center Reese Dismukes, defensive back Chris Davis and defensive end Dee Ford made the trip. They didn't make it to Ole Miss last week.